Chapter 3 A new world of hurt- Batista

We sat and ate dinner as Rayden told us of the creatures who were going to stand in our way. "These creatures are fowl and are poison to our realm, for the first time. You will have to kill" Rayden told us.

A sole nod came from us all. "This is going to be weird," I said as I drank the tea that was offered. Not bad, quite relaxing actually. "But… how do we know we can handle it? I mean, you don't exactly have grade A warriors here," I said in all honestly. I mean look; one guy here can beat up some creatures. The rest of us… We're wrestlers!

Rayden smiled. "You have yet to allow yourself to use your full strength. You're dragons. I think you will be shocked by your own power," he said.

Rayden continued telling us of what we would be faces. One were called Tarkatan, they have blades coming from their flesh and use them to attack. "They are relentless and blood thirsty. Yet their blades cannot harm dragon scales," Rayden explained.

"That's the good news," Liu Kang stated.

"And the bad?" Kane asked

"They can only be killed if the neck is snapped, bled to death, torn apart or killed by venom." Rayden continued.

"Oh that's not so bad…" John stated sarcastically.

"We must attack before they attack us," Liu Kang stated. "I say forget their training and we go now!"

We all stared at him oddly. "Uh… yeah and who's gonna watch your ass?" Taker demanded. "You may not see us as much. But boy, we are going to be very valuable to you. Wait and see…" Taker's speech was interrupted, I smelt smoke coming towards us.

"They're already here" Rayden whispered. Kane got up from his seat.

"How do we transform?" he asked.

Rayden was speechless, he couldn't think or explain anything. "Never mind that, come on!" called out Rob. We were running head on into a battle that we couldn't understand, let alone fight with the condition we were in now. It was a race to the other side of the temple where the entrance was blazing and the monks were trying to dodge attacks. These horrid creatures came from the flaming hole in the wall. Their fangs were like spikes as blades came from their flesh just as Rayden said.

I looked around me, stunned to already see the carnage. The priest of the temple lay dead at my feet; wound marks and other injuries claimed their lives. We all saw this, and grew angry. I saw Kane charge head on towards the beast, let out a howl worthy of a dragon. He didn't see the flaming ball come right at him. It engulfed his body!

"KANE!" John called out. The ball blew up and Kane emerged unharmed and in dragon form. The young girl Shannon hid, she didn't know how to transform. No doubt she hasn't become a dragon yet, I made sure she was safe before I charged into battle. I felt my strength just skyrocket like a rush. My blood burned and my flesh peeled, revealing the scales I have yearned to see. We had all transformed and attacked the horrible demons of hell. I ripped into them… litterly; my claws went through their flesh. I grabbed hold of their heads and twisted them a full three sixty. Taker took to the skies and would swoop attack from behind. Kane went over the wall to take those who reminded hidden. Liu finally joined us where he didn't even change. He attacked just the way he was; he had faced them all before. When the yard was clear, John, Rob and I went over the wall. Taker had become overwhelmed with the demon hoard. I was about to strike until a piercing shriek came from the skies. Falling too rapidly to be seen, yet it took out every machine the creatures had used to launch an attack! I saw it up in the sky, yet couldn't make out what it was. It came down again knocking the army from its feet making them easy targets. The Undertaker broke free and summoned the dark cloud that once hid us from sight. This time, it engulfed the demon army… making them vanish once and for all… I never knew Taker could do that!

We landed looking about at all the carnage and destruction, Rayden had come out to see what had happened. "Why didn't you help?" Taker roared when he landed. "You're a god!"

Rayden looked upset. "I'm forbidden to" he whispered. "I can assist, yet I cannot stop the demons from Outworld."

"That sucks," growled Rob.

Kane had joined us. Shannon came out of hiding. "Is it over?" she asked.

"Hardly, that's just a taste of things to come" Kang stated.

"Who the hell was that? Who took out the weapons?" Kane asked. Our answer came when we heard the call once more, looking skywards it was another dragon… a female dragon at that!

She circled a few times before landing a few feet from us; Taker's eyes nearly came out of his head.

"SARA!" he roared.

The female dragon was the same color as him; her long brown hair was remarkably perfect despite the battle as she wore this strange armor. "What? You thought you were the only one in the family?" she asked.

"Dude you're jaw slacking there" Kane whispered to the Deadman.

"I have armor for all of you, come we shall get you prepared, that's one task down… many more to go" Rayden stated softly.

When the thunder god's back was turned. Liu looked to Taker. "You had to be saved by a woman?" he asked.

Sara walked past Liu, not before whipping him hard in the leg with her tail. "Watch it, or else when you need help. I won't be saving your ass" she shot back in a hiss. She's good. We got someone who can bust Liu Kang's balls!

As we walked in Rayden handed us armor that we could wear in dragon form. Kane's was rather odd and much larger than ours. "It's to signify you're the leader," he told him in private. It still made Liu sick to his stomach. Rayden had given Shannon the power to change into her dragon form. She was the blackest color I had ever seen, yet had a silver tint to it. I knew the kid was scared. Couldn't blame her, she doesn't even know how to fly yet! Rayden pulled her off to the side as we put on our armor. It was heavy, yet strong. We had spikes on our shoulders, gantlets covering our wrists and ankles. On the buckle that connects to the lower section of the armor was a dragon symbol. I didn't know what it meant. But perhaps I will soon enough.

Taker looked over the armor in a mirror and sneered at it. "I feel like this is porno wear," he growled. There was a long thick metal and leather section that covered our… well… our privates from harm, there was one behind us giving some protection and dignity. I wasn't going to walk around baring my ass… well… at least not in a realm I don't know! Sara smiled to him as she kissed his cheek. "We will get through this together," she cooed.

I didn't know how she found us, but all I can say is she a hell of a woman to have on the team.

Rayden returned with the young girl, only to pull Kane off to the side and speak with him in private. I could only wonder what he was whispering to him. Maybe it was best I didn't know. I couldn't say for sure. All I knew was I was in way in over my head on this, the Liu Kang guy thinks very lowly of us. I'm determined to set out and prove to him we are just as good as he is.